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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Global News Archive for June 2008:
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Group files suit over I Believe plates in SC
A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Citibank sues Ed McMahon for outstanding debts
Citibank is suing Ed McMahon, seeking to recoup nearly $200,000 lent to the financially strapped Hollywood icon, court records show...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hollywood prepares for Daytime Emmys
The Daytime Emmys are aspiring to get a party started...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Morgan Pressel leads Wegmans LPGA
Morgan Pressel, intensifying her practice routines as she moves beyond her teens, shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen midway through the Wegmans LPGA...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Cink leads Travelers Championship
Stewart Cink moved to the top of the Travelers Championship leaderboard Friday, making two long eagle putts in a 6-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of defending champion Hunter Mahan and two others...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ramirez homers in 9th as Cubs edge White Sox 4-3
The Cubs struck first in a spirited showdown of first-place teams who share the same city. Aramis Ramirez led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to send the Cubs to a 4-3 victory Friday over the White Sox at raucous Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Joba fans 9, Yanks top Padres for 7th straight win
Joba Chamberlain struck out a career-high nine, Alex Rodriguez delivered another key hit and the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 Thursday for their seventh straight victory...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford delays new pickup 2 months, cuts sales view
Ford Motor Co. will delay introduction of its new F-150 pickup truck by two months and further cut production because of the declining market for pickups and sport utility vehicles, the automaker announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Winnebago profit skids 73 pct in 3Q
Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive motor homes sales lower industrywide...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Michelle Obama discusses experience as working mom
Michelle Obama on Friday drew from her experience as a working mother to emphasize the importance of fairness in the workplace and her support for family friendly policies...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama bypasses public money 1st since Watergate
Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
2 charged on Wall Street in mortgage meltdown
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Rembrandt Laughing is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford cuts sales view, delays new pickup 2 months
Faced with a continuing plunge in pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales, Ford Motor Co. on Friday tried to deal with the mess by delaying production of the new F-150 pickup truck and announcing further factory cuts...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Flooding strands 100-plus barges on Mississippi
The flooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi to a standstill, stranding more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and other products while shippers wait for the water to drop on the Big Muddy...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agents search for NY swindler who faked suicide
If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suicide bomber ambushes military convoy, killing 6
A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy as it drove through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Japan quake death toll rises to 12
Police say rescue workers have recovered another body from a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Settler fires rocket at Palestinians
Israeli security officials say students from a far-right Jewish theological seminary on a West Bank settlement built a crude rocket and fired it at a nearby Palestinian village, although it failed to reach its target...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Austria accused of shielding Nazi suspect
Milivoj Asner caused a stir just by showing up at a soccer game: The frail 95-year-old is ranked No. 4 on a leading list of most-wanted Nazi war crimes suspects...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hundreds of Shiites protest US-Iraqi security deal
Hundreds of followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets after Friday prayers in Shiite areas to protest plans for a longterm security pact between Iraq and the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians welcome 2nd day of truce
Israelis and Palestinians skeptically welcomed a second peaceful day of a cease-fire Friday, soaking up the sun at beaches and markets while warily predicting that their newfound quiet would be brief...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
EU endorses new border security rules
European Union leaders want their nations to fingerprint all foreign visitors and take other new steps to keep out illegal immigrants as part of a sweeping security overhaul proposed Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Afghan villagers return to grim aftermath of fight
Corpses lay stinking in the shade of mulberry trees and in the ruins of a collapsed storehouse. Villagers rushed home to see if their livestock had died in the heat. Afghan soldiers placed red signs warning of bombs planted alongside the road...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
AP Exclusive Probe halts rebuilding of Iraqi city
U.S.-funded reconstruction in a one-time Sunni insurgent stronghold has been suspended because of a corruption probe, including allegations that the mayor and police chief were involved in a multimillion-dollar oil smuggling ring, The Associated Press has learned...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Mexico police guard smuggling suspect
Hundreds of police and military sharpshooters guarded an immigration detention center Friday in southern Mexico amid threats that gunmen would try to rescue a Cuban-American man being held there on smuggling charges, state officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Poll finds Pakistanis favor talks with militants
Pakistanis favor negotiating with Taliban militants rather than fighting them and hold their U.S. allies in the war on terror most responsible for violence in the country, according to a poll released Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Serbia to hand over war crimes suspect
The government of Serbia on Friday approved the extradition of a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect to the U.N. tribunal in the Netherlands...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ecuador boy sets zero-G flight record
A 7-year-old Ecuador boy has become the youngest passenger ever aboard a zero-gravity flight...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford 'to make fewer big vehicles'
Car giant Ford is to cut the production of larger vehicles in favour of more fuel efficient models, the company says...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
'Harassed' Iran student arrested
A female Iranian student who alleged she was sexually harassed by her university's vice-chancellor is herself arrested...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Terim rejoices in Turkey victory
Turkey manager Fatih Terim says his has elevated their standing in the game after beating Croatia to reach Euro 2008 semi-finals...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
A date with hate
Meeting the preacher who knew the 7/7 bombers...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Shaun's week
Irish back-seat driving leads EU down a murky path...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Graceland in Grangemouth - Elvis fan does not have a wooden heart
An Elvis fan from Grangemouth converts his house into Graceland for his local gala day...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Penalty win puts Turkey in semis
Turkey beat Croatia 3-1 on penalties in Vienna to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008, after equalising in the last seconds of extra time...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Killer bolts after guilty verdict
A soldier who was just 15 when he shot a waiter in Orkney flees after being found guilty of murder, but is recaptured...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Clarke warns on terror detentions
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has said attempts to secure 42-day detention "severely" damage the fight against terrorism...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Group files suit over I Believe plates in SC
A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Campbell pleads guilty to Heathrow police assault
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Carell hosts charity screening of Get Smart
Steve Carell stepped out of "The Office" to join the fight against cancer at a benefit that featured a screening of his new movie, "Get Smart."...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
4 players shoot 64s in Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lowery, 3 others shoot 64s at PGAs Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Naomi Campbell gets 200 hours for air rage
Temperamental model Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers after an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Naomi Campbell pleads guilty in air rage case
Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting two police officers during an "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. She has not been sentenced yet...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices rise above $132 in Asia
Oil prices rose Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bloomberg defends Obama before Jewish audience
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging Jewish voters to denounce the online whisper campaign that for months has pushed the false rumor that Democrat Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
With money, Obama to try to widen the battleground
Barack Obama faced two critical questions: where to play and how to pay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa
Sen. John McCain toured flood-damaged southeastern Iowa on Thursday, walking past half-submerged buildings, washed-out roads and thousands of sandbags filled hurriedly in a vain attempt to hold back the waters...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hats and heels take the day at Ascots Ladies Day
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama team weighs Nunn, Edwards as running mates
Former presidential candidate John Edwards and former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn are on a list of potential running mates for Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Michigan congresswoman...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ford delays new pickup 2 months, cuts sales view
Ford Motor Co. will delay introduction of its new F-150 pickup truck by two months and further cut production because of the declining market for pickups and sport utility vehicles, the automaker announced Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Winnebago profit skids 73 pct in 3Q
Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive motor homes sales lower industrywide...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Agents search for NY swindler who faked suicide
If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
2 charged on Wall Street in mortgage meltdown
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama bypasses public money 1st since Watergate
Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Rembrandt Laughing is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy as it passed through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Army Sri Lanka fighting kills 29
Fighting between the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along the northern front lines killed 26 rebels and three government soldiers, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
South Korea, US near deal on US beef imports
South Korea and the United States neared an agreement to renew imports of American beef, aimed at defusing a political crisis in Seoul over fears of mad cow disease, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suicide bomber ambushes military convoy, killing 6
A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy as it drove through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Diplomats EU to threaten Sudan with sanctions
Diplomats say EU leaders will threaten Sudan with sanctions if it does not cooperate fully with the United Nations and the International Criminal Court in handing over officials wanted for war crimes in Darfur...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Greenpeace members arrested in theft of whale meat
Japanese police arrested two Greenpeace activists on Friday on suspicion of stealing about 50 pounds of whale meat that the environmentalists said had been illegally siphoned by whalers from government-backed hunts...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Settler fires rocket at Palestinians
Israeli security officials say students from a far-right Jewish theological seminary on a West Bank settlement built a crude rocket and fired it at a nearby Palestinian village, although it failed to reach its target...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
10 killed in military helicopter crash in Thailand
A Thai army spokesman says a military helicopter has crashed in an insurgency-plagued area of southern Thailand, killing all 10 people on board...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Officials Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy as it passed through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hundreds of Shiites protest US-Iraqi security deal
Hundreds of followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets after Friday prayers in Shiite areas to protest plans for a longterm security pact between Iraq and the United States...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Japan quake death toll rises to 12
Police say rescue workers have recovered another body from a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
US military American soldier killed in Iraq
The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed and five others wounded by roadside bombs northeast of Baghdad...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Christian scholar Henry Chadwick dies at 87
The Rev. Professor Henry Chadwick, a Church of England priest and renowned scholar of the early centuries of Christianity, has died at age 87...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Cambodia destroys Ecstasy ingredient
Cambodian authorities working with Australian police destroyed an enormous stockpile of 33 tons of safrole-rich oil, a key ingredient used in producing the synthetic drug Ecstasy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
10 killed as Thai army helicopter crashes
A Thai army helicopter crashed in an insurgency-plagued area of southern Thailand on Friday, killing all 10 people on board...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Jay-Z: Glasto row is 'ridiculous'
Rapper Jay-Z hits back at criticism of his forthcoming headline appearance at Glastonbury Festival...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Queen in by-election clash fear
The Queen may have to postpone a visit to Hull as it clashes with the by-election being fought by David Davis...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Coe rejects London Games cynics
Lord Coe rejects pessimistic views of young people and says the London Games will leave a lasting legacy...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
China 'frees Tibetan protesters'
More than 1,000 people involved in protests in Tibet earlier this year are released from custody, Chinese media say...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Oil higher as supply fears return
Oil prices rebound as doubts are raised over whether a fuel price rise in China will reduce the level of demand...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Life for son's murder in chip row
A father is told he will serve at least 12 years for killing his grown-up son in an argument over chips...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Man jailed for "abuse campaign"
A County Armagh man is jailed for 18 years after admitting raping one child and abusing five others over a five year period...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Nigeria launches $10bn oil spree
Nigeria announces it is to spend over half of its windfall from the rising oil price, despite warnings on inflation...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
US lawmakers pass wiretaps bill
US lawmakers pass a bill shielding telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial warrantless wiretap programme...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Counting sheep
So anxious about not sleeping that it keeps you awake?...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Officers name boy killed at show
A three-year-old boy who died on the first day of the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh is named by police...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
What is obscene?
The people who are paid to watch porn for a living...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Dark cloud
The 1994 murder of a waiter which haunted Orkney...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Alcohol-fuelled
Binge-drinking session which ended in murder...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Funeral for boy killed in bakery
Hundreds of people attend the funeral of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen who bled to death after being attacked in a bakery...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Sheep shortage leaves naked man unshorn
A shortage of sheep leads to a worldwide landmark disappearing under vegetation and moss...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Media doctor hit with suspension
Celebrity psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud's has been suspended from practising for three months over plagiarism...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Police drop backdated pay case
The Police Federation has dropped its court battle to get the government's the pay award for officers backdated...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Muslim convert 'recruits' inmates
A former BNP activist who converted to Islam in prison is trying to radicalise young prisoners, the BBC reveals...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Mugabe challenger 'may quit poll'
Zimbabwe's opposition says it will decide on Monday whether to withdraw from the presidential run-off, the BBC learns...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Killer runs after guilty verdict
A soldier who was just 15 when a waiter was shot dead in Orkney in 1994 flees after being found guilty of murder...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Campbell gets community service
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours' community service after pleading guilty to assault...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Brown offers EU treaty assurances
Gordon Brown says Britain will not ratify the EU Treaty until the High Court has ruled on a bid to force a referendum...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Ocean-monitoring satellite blasts off from Calif.
A rocket carrying a U.S.-French ocean-monitoring satellite lifted off early Friday from the central California coast...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Group files suit over I Believe plates in SC
A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Poison sues label over royalties
Members of Poison say their record label has consistently underpaid them royalties throughout their career, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Man, 19, to stand trial in LA athlete murder case
A suspected gang member has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Los Angeles high school football star...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Carell hosts charity screening of Get Smart
Steve Carell stepped out of "The Office" to join the fight against cancer at a benefit that featured a screening of his new movie, "Get Smart."...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lawmakers fail to gag celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
A Senate panel rejected calls Thursday to ban certain swear words on Australian TV following an inquiry prompted by a popular series on restaurant kitchens with foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Rockers Poison sue label over royalties
Members of the rock band Poison claim their recording label has consistently underpaid royalties to the group throughout their career, according to a lawsuit...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
With money, Obama to try to widen the battleground
Barack Obama faced two critical questions: where to play and how to pay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa
Sen. John McCain toured flood-damaged southeastern Iowa on Thursday, walking past half-submerged buildings, washed-out roads and thousands of sandbags filled hurriedly in a vain attempt to hold back the waters...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain meets with Hispanic leaders
Republican presidential John McCain assured Hispanic leaders he would push through Congress legislation to overhaul federal immigration laws if elected, several people who attended a private meeting with the candidate said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
4 players shoot 64s in Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lowery, 3 others shoot 64s at PGAs Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt
Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt?...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices rise above $132 in Asia
Oil prices rose Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices steady in Asia above $132
Oil prices steadied Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama bypasses public money 1st since Watergate
Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hats and heels take the day at Ascots Ladies Day
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
2 former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bush tours flooded Iowa cities, says hes listening
Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of rescuers...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
South Korea, US near deal on US beef imports
South Korea and the United States neared an agreement to renew imports of American beef, aimed at defusing a political crisis in Seoul over fears of mad cow disease, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Police Suicide bomber kills 10 in Afghanistan
Police say a suicide bomber has killed 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Guantanamo prisoner details sleep deprivation
A Guantanamo prisoner testified Thursday that U.S. troops made loud noises, kept the lights on in his cell, and frequently moved him around the prison to deprive him of sleep...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Coroner Man should face trial in dive death
An Australian coroner ruled Friday that an American man should face a murder trial in the death of his wife, who drowned while on a reef dive during their honeymoon in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Diplomats EU to threaten Sudan with sanctions
Diplomats say EU leaders will threaten Sudan with sanctions if it does not cooperate fully with the United Nations and the International Criminal Court in handing over officials wanted for war crimes in Darfur...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Greenpeace members arrested in theft of whale meat
Japanese police arrested two Greenpeace activists on Friday on suspicion of stealing about 50 pounds of whale meat that the environmentalists said had been illegally siphoned by whalers from government-backed hunts...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy as it passed through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Army Sri Lanka fighting kills 29
Fighting between the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along the northern front lines killed 26 rebels and three government soldiers, the military said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Settler fires rocket at Palestinians
Israeli security officials say students from a far-right Jewish theological seminary on a West Bank settlement built a crude rocket and fired it at a nearby Palestinian village, although it failed to reach its target...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Suicide bomber ambushes military convoy, killing 6
A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy as it drove through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Indonesia makes arrest in activists murder
Indonesian police arrested a former top intelligence official Thursday for suspected involvement in the 2004 killing of a human rights activist poisoned on an airline flight...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Guatemala extends adoption reviews
The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Australian coroner Man should face murder trial
An Australian coroner has ruled that an American man should face a murder trial in the death of his wife, who drowned while on a reef dive during their honeymoon in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Cambodia destroys Ecstasy ingredient
Cambodian authorities working with Australian police destroyed an enormous stockpile of 33 tons of safrole-rich oil, a key ingredient used in producing the synthetic drug Ecstasy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
10 killed as Thai army helicopter crashes
A Thai army helicopter crashed in an insurgency-plagued area of southern Thailand on Friday, killing all 10 people on board...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
10 killed in military helicopter crash in Thailand
A Thai army spokesman says a military helicopter has crashed in an insurgency-plagued area of southern Thailand, killing all 10 people on board...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Officials Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy as it passed through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Key ocean mission goes into orbit
The Jason-2 satellite is launched on a mission to measure the shape of the world's oceans and track sea level rise...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Big Brother awaits new contestant
A new contestant will join Big Brother later to replace Alexandra De-Gale, who was thrown off the show...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth
Computer experts and historians celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer, known as Baby...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
India inflation rate rises to 11%
Inflation hits a 13-year high in India, as the rising cost of food and oil continue to put pressure on prices...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Oil regains ground after tumble
Oil prices edge up as doubts are raised over whether a fuel price rise in China will reduce the level of demand...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Tory threat over Lib Dem claims
The Tories threaten legal action against the Lib Dems in a row over the Henley by-election...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Israelis 'rehearse Iran attack'
Israel carries out an exercise that appears to be a rehearsal for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites, US officials tell the New York Times...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
S Korea leader replaces top aides
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak replaces several top aides, following public outcry over a beef import deal...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Czech threat looms for EU treaty
EU leaders meeting in Brussels are set to admit that the Czechs, as well as the Irish, may not ratify the Lisbon Treaty...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Funeral held for murdered Jimmy
Mourners attending the funeral of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen, killed in an attack in a bakery, will celebrate his life...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Killer runs after guilty verdict
A soldier who was just 15 when a waiter was shot dead in Orkney in 1994 flees after being found guilty...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
£700,000 stake hope in Dylan film
Welsh ministers reveal they hope for a windfall after taking a stake in a new film about Dylan Thomas...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Woman, 21, raped in city centre
Police issue an appeal for information after a 21-year-old woman is raped in a laneway in Belfast city centre...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
SA rejects E Guinea coup charge
South Africa dismisses as "laughabale" a UK mercenary's accusations that it backed a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Strife of Brian
Bringing one of football's legends to the big screen...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Banned music
The Police and more tales from the Troubles...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Ronaldo staying put, say Man Utd
Man Utd claim Cristiano Ronaldo will not be leaving Old Trafford despite speculation he is poised to reveal a move to Real Madrid...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Low delights in Germany victory
Joachim Low is impressed with the way his Germany team rose to the occasion in beating Portugal in their semi-final...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Ship shape
The £4bn jigsaw puzzle behind Navy aircraft carriers...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
7 days quiz
Which young royal broke the dress code at Ascot?...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
A UFO? What was it helicopter police spotted above Wales?
The sighting of an unusual aircraft by an experienced police helicopter crew is reported for investigation...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Dutch side name McClaren as boss
Former England manager Steve McClaren agrees a two-year deal to manager Dutch side FC Twente...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Murray faces Santoro at Wimbledon
Britain's Andy Murray will meet Fabrice Santoro in his opening match at Wimbledon, while Roger Federer is in the same half of the draw as Novak Djokovic...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Brown to speak on EU summit
Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives an update on an EU summit, in the wake of Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Campbell pleads guilty to assault
Supermodel Naomi Campbell pleads guilty to assaulting two police officers at Heathrow Airport...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Tsvangirai 'mulls quitting poll'
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC considers withdrawing from the 27 June presidential run-off, a party source tells the BBC...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Abu Hamza loses extradition fight
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza loses his fight against extradition to the US over terror-related charges...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Media doctor's future in balance
Celebrity psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud's fitness to practice is impaired, a disciplinary hearing has ruled...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Son jailed after father's tip-off
A teenager is jailed for three years after his father informed police he had found bullets in his bedroom...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
'Outstanding' schools on hit list
Inspectors have praised many of the schools under threat for not meeting a government target on GCSE results...
BBC News - June 20, 2008
Anglican Bible conservatives hold strategy summit
Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Mugabe threatens opposition arrests
President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pius XII
The Vatican said Tuesday it will mark the 50th anniversary this year of the death of Pope Pius XII, describing the controversial World War II pontiff as a great pope who spoke out when necessary...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Group files suit over I Believe plates in SC
A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Political leaders pay tribute to TVs Russert
The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, and congressional leaders, journalists and other Washington elite paid tribute to television journalist Tim Russert on Wednesday at a private funeral mass...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Man, 19, to stand trial in LA athlete murder case
A suspected gang member has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Los Angeles high school football star...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Officials suspend Calif. aerial spraying program
Officials on Thursday abruptly canceled a state program to spray chemicals to combat crop-eating moth in urban areas after months of public uproar over its unclear effects on the environment and human health...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Alaska hikers recount their measures for survival
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
House votes to provide $162 billion in war funding
A long-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with historic increases in college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lowery, 3 others shoot 64s at PGAs Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lawmakers fail to gag celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
A Senate panel rejected calls Thursday to ban certain swear words on Australian TV following an inquiry prompted by a popular series on restaurant kitchens with foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Rockers Poison sue label over royalties
Members of the rock band Poison claim their recording label has consistently underpaid royalties to the group throughout their career, according to a lawsuit...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Poison sues label over royalties
Members of Poison say their record label has consistently underpaid them royalties throughout their career, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
2 charged on Wall Street in mortgage meltdown
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa
Sen. John McCain toured flood-damaged southeastern Iowa on Thursday, walking past half-submerged buildings, washed-out roads and thousands of sandbags filled hurriedly in a vain attempt to hold back the waters...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
McCain meets with Hispanic leaders
Republican presidential John McCain assured Hispanic leaders he would push through Congress legislation to overhaul federal immigration laws if elected, several people who attended a private meeting with the candidate said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
4 players shoot 64s in Travelers
Johnson Wagner says he could shoot a 61 while playing the TPC River Highlands on his old Sega Genesis video game as a kid...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Boeing wins key round in Air Force tanker protest
Boeing scored a major victory Wednesday in its battle to wrestle back a $35 billion Air Force contract from Northrop Grumman and its European partner...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bush tours flooded Iowa cities, says hes listening
Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of rescuers...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Oil prices steady in Asia above $132
Oil prices steadied Friday after dropping sharply in the previous session on concerns that an increase in Chinese fuel prices would dampen oil demand in the booming Asian nation...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
2 former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama bypasses public money 1st since Watergate
Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Mississippi River breaks through Illinois levee
The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved south into Illinois and Missouri...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Obama apologizes to Muslim women
Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Detroit-area women who were barred from sitting behind him during a campaign rally earlier this week because they wore Islamic headscarves...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bush tours flooded Iowa cities, promises help
Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of rescuers...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Iraqi government says Amarah operation under way
Iraqi troops fanned out across the Shiite militia stronghold of Amarah Thursday and gunmen tossed their weapons onto the streets or into canals as the government officially launched a military crackdown on the area...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
"Star Trek" star George Takei is ready to "live long and prosper" with his partner of 21 years. Takei will marry 54-year-old Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Lost hikers rationed food while awaiting rescue
Two young backpackers rationed peanut butter sandwiches and granola bars, growing hungrier as they wandered for six days in the dense vegetation of Denali National Park, they said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
More weapons caches turning up in Iraq
Weapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq _ from a bakery to a fish farm _ as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Indian rescuers scramble to reach deluged villages
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Indian monsoon floods strand 300,000
Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Top Sadrist official arrested in Amarah
Iraqi troops on Thursday arrested the top official in Amarah, a Muqtada al-Sadr loyalist, officials said, drawing swift condemnations from followers of the anti-U.S. cleric and raising tensions as a military operation against Shiite militias got under way...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Sadrists complain of arrests in southern Iraq
Iraqi troops arrested the mayor of the southern city of Amarah on Thursday, raising tensions with followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a third Iraqi military operation against Shiite militias in recent months got under way...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Bahrain Shiites protest articles on their cleric
More than 10,000 Shiites marched Thursday in this tiny Sunni-ruled Gulf country to protest newspaper articles deemed insulting to their top cleric...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Hats and heels take the day at Ascots Ladies Day
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Coroner Man should face trial in dive death
An Australian coroner ruled Friday that an American man should face a murder trial in the death of his wife, who drowned while on a reef dive during their honeymoon in 2003...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Chavez threatens to block oil over EU rules
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening not to sell oil to any European country that applies strict new rules for expelling illegal immigrants...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Quiet reigns in Israel, Gaza as truce takes hold
Raz Elraz, for the first time, will be able to take his 14-month-old son to a playground in this rocket-scarred Israeli town. A few miles away in Gaza, Palestinian teenagers ride their bicycles, and Hamas guards play pingpong...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Indonesia makes arrest in activists murder
Indonesian police arrested a former top intelligence official Thursday for suspected involvement in the 2004 killing of a human rights activist poisoned on an airline flight...
Southern Ledger - June 20, 2008
Guatemala extends adoption reviews
The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday... | | | | |
